tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post7944666932808561728..comments2015-03-30T23:34:27.453-06:00Comments on Atheist Ethicist: Protesting the PledgeAlonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-47483683303692346712008-02-07T10:49:00.000-07:002008-02-07T10:49:00.000-07:00CrypticLifeThere is, of course, some measure of tr...<B>CrypticLife</B><BR/><BR/>There is, of course, some measure of truth in this story, but it is substantially a work of fiction.<BR/><BR/>For centuries, women did not at all feel offended at being treated as second-class citizens, and still do not in some areas. Many blacks supported the South during the civil war and did not feel all that put out by the Jim Crowe laws. This is because people become comfortable in the environments they are raised in, even if those environments are extremely unjust.<BR/><BR/>The reason for this story is to illustrate the level of offense that is warranted by the Pledge of Allegiance. That many people do not actually experience this level of offense is because they truly do not appreciate the injustice inherent in it.<BR/><BR/>When you discover that you cannot actually defeat the analogy, then you have two options - to argue that atheists should be far more offended than they are in fact, or to argue that blacks (in a similar situation) should be less offended then they would in fact.<BR/><BR/>I recommend the former.Alonzo Fyfehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05687777216426347054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-83525958495490758552008-02-07T10:01:00.000-07:002008-02-07T10:01:00.000-07:00Ah, read the first part.It's an interesting parall...Ah, read the first part.<BR/><BR/>It's an interesting parallel, but somehow as an atheist I don't feel quite as offended by the actuality as I suspect I would feel if it were based on race. Not sure why, but it doesn't seem very personal.CrypticLifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05313033952671292402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16594468.post-20129543399993931322008-02-07T09:41:00.000-07:002008-02-07T09:41:00.000-07:00Interesting story. Is it based on specific, actua...Interesting story. Is it based on specific, actual incidents, or is it speculative?<BR/><BR/>Not that it doesn't have value if it's speculative, I'm just curious.CrypticLifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05313033952671292402noreply@blogger.com